Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

Details into the compensation paid out by the CPS over the last few years

- Please disclose the total amount of compensation paid out by the CPS in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 and please provide the number of payouts made.

| Year | Number of Cases | Value of payouts £000 | |---------|-----------------|-----------------------| | 2017/18 | 48 | 243 | | 2018/19 | 60 | 1,340 |

Please note 2019/20 data will be published in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) annual report and accounts which are currently being prepared for audit and will be published later in the year. We are unable to provide this information as it is exempt under Section 22 ‘Information intended for future publication’ of FOIA. Please refer to the attached section 17 refusal notice which explains this exemption in further detail.

- Please disclose the total amount of compensation paid out by the CPS to date in 2017 and please provide the number of payouts made.

In the 2016/2017 financial year, the total amount of compensation paid out by the CPS was £1,631,000 and this was for 49 payouts.

- For 2019 and 2020, please disclose why each payout was made and disclose the amounts of each payout.

No further details of each payment are provided as the detailed facts pertaining to these matters and settlement figures are exempt under Section 31 ‘Law Enforcement’, Section 32 ‘Court Records’, Section 40 ‘Personal Information’ and Section 41 ‘Information provided in confidence’. Please refer to the attached Section 17 refusal notice which explains these exemptions in further detail.

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0788 IMU@cps.gov.uk